Tag: Broadcasting

Groupe Canal+ (the French media conglomerate) has until April 8th 2024, to make a mandatory acquisition offer to shareholders of MultiChoice Group, a JSE-listed South African pay-TV operator. South Africa's ...

Canal+ has raised the price it is prepared to pay to acquire MultiChoice, and the two pay TV operators have agreed "to mutually cooperate" with the latter, giving the French ...

France's Canal+, a major pay-TV player, has increased its investment in Viu, PCCW's pan-regional over-the-top (OTT) streaming service, to nearly 30%. This move follows Canal+'s previous acquisition of a 26% ...

Broadcast Media Africa has learnt that South Africa's Sanlam Private Wealth has recently sold most of its clients' portfolios that included MultiChoice due to the high risk and low potential ...

The convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications services has emerged as a transformative force reshaping media and communication services globally. Against this backdrop, industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators are set to ...

MultiChoice, a pan-African pay-TV operator (with headquarters in South Africa), has, according to reports, agreed to pay a US$25 million settlement to Nigerian tax authorities. The settlement amount has dropped ...

Broadcast Media Africa has learnt that the South African pay-TV giant MultiChoice has officially rejected a buyout offer from French media group Canal+. The DStv operator believes the French media ...

Broadcast Media Africa has learned that Senegal's Communication Ministry has suspended the signal of Walf TV, a privately owned television station, accusing it of inciting violence. BMA understands that the ...

5G Broadcast is a one-to-many transmission standard that creates media and data transmission opportunities. It is an ideal way to simultaneously broadcast live content - such as pop-up channels for ...

French media company Canal+ has made a non-binding indicative offer to acquire South African pay-TV company MultiChoice for approximately US$1,7 billion. In a statement, Canal+ said it sent a letter ...